Honduras election official says ‘disturbances’ preventing vote recount
Statement comes as regional body says no evidence of fraud in November vote that Trump-backed candidate Asfura leads.
![Honduran centrist candidate Salvador Nasralla, during an interview in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on December 4, 2025 [Fredy Rodriguez/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-12-05T000449Z_684257873_RC2P9IA4INE8_RTRMADP_3_HONDURAS-ELECTION-NASRALLA-1764908073.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Was ex-Honduras leader Hernandez victim of Biden ‘set-up’, as Trump claims?
Trump’s plan to pardon ex-Honduran President Hernandez, convicted in a drug case, raises concerns over US credibility.
Trump cries foul over ‘technical tie’ in Honduras presidential race
The latest vote count has Trump’s favoured right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura just 515 ballots ahead of his rival.
Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura leads Honduras race, early trends show
Nasry Asfura holds a narrow lead over his rival Salvador Nasralla, with about 40 percent of the votes counted.
Honduras votes for new president in poll overshadowed by Trump’s threats
The vote is taking place in a highly polarised climate, with the US backing the right-wing candidate, Nasry Asfura.
Trump says will pardon former Honduras leader before presidential vote
Juan Orlando Hernandez, member of Trump-endorsed candidate Nasry Asfura’s party, serving US drug trafficking sentence.
Ahead of a tight presidential election, Honduras braces for controversy
The lead-up to Sunday’s vote has been marred by finger-pointing and fears of election manipulation by campaign rivals.
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First US flight with third-country deportees arrives in Guatemala
The flight brought three Hondurans and 56 Guatemalan nationals, according to Guatemala’s IGM migration agency.
US court allows Trump to end temporary protections for 60,000 migrants
Appeals court pauses an order that had protected status for Nepalese, Hondurans and Nicaraguans.
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Ugandan official denies reports that it will take US deportees
US government documents obtained by CBS had said Trump signed deals with Uganda and Honduras to take foreign deportees.
![Protesters opposing mass deportations by ICE hold signs during a protest held in late August at the Cassidy Gate at Fort Bliss, the US Army base where a large new ICE detention facility is being built, in El Paso, Texas. [Paul Ratje/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-08-17T184329Z_1837910382_RC259GAVXO5R_RTRMADP_3_MIGRATION-USA-TEXAS-1-1755707845.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)